COSTUME SWAP: Donate, pick up Halloween costume

A Halloween Parade and indoor Trick-Or-Treating were just two of the activities at the Discovery Center's childrens Halloween Party.
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Six-year-old Eleanor Kruser, of Binghamton, in costume as the sticker princess, gets her face painted by Binghamton University student Jessica Huang, 20, of Long Island, during Howloween at the Zoo on Sunday.
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How many Halloween costumes do you have filling closets and drawers in your home, worn once and most likely never to be worn again?

This year, United Way of Broome County and Vestal Rotary Club have teamed up to offer the community a different option: Swap your child's costume for someone else's.

Through Oct. 6, gently used children's costumes can be dropped off at the United Way on Jensen Road in Vestal. Each donated costume earns a swap voucher — there's a limit of one per child — which can be redeemed at the United Way from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 14.

Refreshments including cider and doughnuts will be available, as well as crafts.